During an interview over the weekend, English singer Steve Patrick Morrissey declined to condemn filmmaker Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey over allegations they sexually harassed multiple victims over the spans of their respective careers.

“You must be careful as far as ‘sexual harassment’ is concerned, because often it can be just a pathetic attempt at courtship,” he said to the The U.K. Times in what the Times viewed as an implicit defense of Weinstein and Spacey.

“Most people wouldn’t see the kind of behaviours these sexual predators are accused of as in any way ‘courtship,'” the Times itself noted.

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According to a list compiled last month by Slate, the allegations against Weinstein span over 40 years, and include multiple instances of him allegedly harassing, sexually assaulting and raping women.

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A similar list compiled by Business Insider this month contains a number of men whom Spacey allegedly made improper sexual advances on, including one whom Spacey tried to seduce when he, actor Anthony Rapp, was only 14.

Morrissey’s remarks over the weekend followed even more shocking statements issued recently to the German magazine Der Spiegel, in which he reportedly appeared to dispute the allegations against Spacey and Weinstein, insinuating that the victims were at fault.

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“One wonders where the boy’s parents were,” Morrissey said regarding the allegation Spacey tried to seduce Rapp. “One wonders if the boy did not know what would happen.”

Regarding the allegations against Weinstein, Morrisey claimed the film producer’s victims “play along.”

“Afterwards, they feel embarrassed or disliked,” he said. “And then they turn it around and say, ‘I was attacked, I was surprised.’ But if everything went well, and if it had given them a great career, they would not talk about it.”

“I hate rape, I hate attacks, I hate sexual situations that are forced on someone, but in many cases one looks at the circumstances and thinks that the person who is considered a victim is merely disappointed,” he added.

He doubled down on this rhetoric during his interview with the Times.

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“I’m sure it’s horrific,” he said, referring to the allegations against Spacey and Weinstein, “but we have to keep everything in proportion.”

Both Morrissey’s fans and other famous individuals have since responded with outrage, according to The Daily Beast.